diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 669d5d7e..d67b42a9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ $ node-lambda deploy --help
     -x, --excludeGlobs []                      Add a space separated list of file(type)s to ignore (e.g. "*.json .env")
     -D, --prebuiltDirectory []                 Prebuilt directory
     -z, --deployZipfile []                     Deploy zipfile
+    -T, --deployTimeout [120000]               Deploy Timeout
 ```
 
 ## Custom Environment Variables
diff --git a/bin/node-lambda b/bin/node-lambda
index b60def29..07aec2f5 100755
--- a/bin/node-lambda
+++ b/bin/node-lambda
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ var EVENT_FILE = process.env.EVENT_FILE || 'event.json';
 var PACKAGE_DIRECTORY = process.env.PACKAGE_DIRECTORY;
 var CONTEXT_FILE = process.env.CONTEXT_FILE || 'context.json';
 var PREBUILT_DIRECTORY = process.env.PREBUILT_DIRECTORY || '';
+var DEPLOY_TIMEOUT = process.env.DEPLOY_TIMEOUT || 120000;
 var DOCKER_IMAGE = process.env.DOCKER_IMAGE || '';
 var DEPLOY_ZIPFILE = process.env.DEPLOY_ZIPFILE || '';
 var AWS_DLQ_TARGET_ARN = (function() {
@@ -117,6 +118,7 @@ program
   .option('-x, --excludeGlobs [' + EXCLUDE_GLOBS + ']',
     'Space-separated glob pattern(s) for additional exclude files (e.g. "event.json dotenv.sample")', EXCLUDE_GLOBS)
   .option('-D, --prebuiltDirectory [' + PREBUILT_DIRECTORY + ']', 'Prebuilt directory', PREBUILT_DIRECTORY)
+  .option('-T, --deployTimeout [' + DEPLOY_TIMEOUT + ']', 'Deploy Timeout', DEPLOY_TIMEOUT)
   .option('-z, --deployZipfile [' + DEPLOY_ZIPFILE + ']', 'Deploy zipfile', DEPLOY_ZIPFILE)
   .action(function (prg) {
     lambda.deploy(prg);
diff --git a/lib/main.js b/lib/main.js
index c8bfdd2e..9c905bd8 100644
--- a/lib/main.js
+++ b/lib/main.js
@@ -736,6 +736,10 @@ Lambda.prototype.deploy = function (program) {
         aws_security.sessionToken = program.sessionToken;
       }
 
+      if (program.deployTimeout) {
+        aws.config.httpOptions.timeout = parseInt(program.deployTimeout);
+      }
+
       aws.config.update(aws_security);
 
       var lambda = new aws.Lambda({
diff --git a/test/main.js b/test/main.js
index 8b9f29a1..24d97e77 100644
--- a/test/main.js
+++ b/test/main.js
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ var originalProgram = {
   eventFile: 'event.json',
   eventSourceFile: '',
   contextFile: 'context.json',
+  deployTimeout: 120000,
   prebuiltDirectory: '',
 };